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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL®
VOLUME XV.
10 ESTUBLISH BANK
AT LITHIA SPRINGS
J U McLnvty ‘WaP 1 ’ 21
rvnu-iSaloon
DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1920.
League To
Start Drive
. JDouglasville Banking Co. has decided A seven-day campaign for funds, to
to establish a branch of the Douglas- begin January 16, when the national
ville Banking Co. at Lithia Springs, amendment goes into effect, is to be
This move on the p^art of the stock- j inaugurated by the Anti-Saloon
holders will meet with much favor | League in the south, “stronghold of
among the people of Lithia Springs, | prohibition,” according to information
who in the past year have called at
tention to the need for, and asked for
a bank to be established at that place.
* The Lithia Springs branch will be
put in operation as soon as arrange
ment can be made for the establish
ment.
The annual stockholders’ meeting
sent out from headquarters of the
league.
“It is the plan and purpose of the
prohibition enforcement campaign,”
says league officials, “to acquaint the
people with the situation and to open
their eyes and keep them open to the
subtle propaganda campaign which is
of the Douglasville Banking Compuny : being waged by the liquor interests.”
Was held in the office of the bank last For the purpose of carrying on this
Monday. About forty were present, campaign organization, state, coun-
The bank made a splendid showing ty, and city, are being perfected in
last year, paid 10 per cent dividend Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama,
and carried a nice sum as surplus, j Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee.
The bank now has capital and surplus Judge Nash R. Broyles, of Atlanta,
of more than $116,uOU. \ chief justice of the Georgia Court of
The same officers were elected with appeals, is state chairman of the cam-
two directors added. They are P. D. paign in Georgia.
Selman and E. M. Iluffine. In Tennessee tjie state chairman is
Material is on the ground at Wins- fonfier United States Senator W. U.
to for the branch to be opened there, Webb, head of the Webb School at
and as soon as weather conditions I Bellbuckle. %
permit, work will be started on the Prof. J. G. Clinkseales, of Spartan
building for the Winston branch of burg, is state chairman for South
the Douglasville Banking Company, j Carolina.
NO BEER,-NO WORK!
Dinner was served the stockholders
at the Douglasville hotel, which out
did any former occasion, and was
highly enjoyed by all present.
Officers and directors of the bank
state
are:
J. T. Duncan, Pres.; A. W. McLarty,
V. Pres.; G. T. McLarty, Cashier; M.
E. Geer, J. M. Hatchett, N. B. Duncan,
W. I. Dorris, Pat H. Winn, J. T. Lee,
P. D. Selman, and E. M. Huffine.
Interesting Items
From Lithia
Springs
25 new Stott & Williams machines
have been added to the Douglas Hos-
y Mills, greatly increasing its ca
pacity in the manufacture of high
grade hosiery. The mill runs at its
.Mrs. W. G. Maxwell entertained a ! fullest capacity all the time it can
fc-.v of her friends with u most en- i keep the necessary operatives, the
joyable New Year party. Aftei a I lack of houses briny; its only handicap,
contest of New Year resolutions, tea i A meeting ot the stockholders was
L. B. Musgrove, of Jaspei
chairman for Alabama.
The state chairman for Florida is •
H. B. Minium, of Jacksonville.
A. L. Watkins, of Jackson, presi- j
dent of Millsap College, is state chair- ;
man for Mississippi.
Hosiery Mill In
creases Output
TAKING OF CENSUS
HAS BEGUN
WILL MANUFACTURE
ICE NEXT S
j Turner Home
Converted into
! Teachery
The work of taking the census has
begun. Every person will be account
ed for by the enumerators before the
work is finished.
Douglasville’s enumerator is Mrs*
Nodie Durham; Town district, Mr.
Luther Bartlett.
The Sentinel has not ascertained
: the names of the enumerators for'
I each district in the county, but each
i has one.
The questions asked embrace the
following subjects:
| Sex;
i Color or race;
Age at last birthday;
Whether single, married, widowed
,or divorced;
! Birthplace of person enumerated
and birthplace of father and mother,
! giving names of both county and prov-
| ince if foreign born.
| Occupation, specifying trade or pro-
I fession, also industry in which em-
j ployed;
I Whether attending school;
Whether able to read;
Whether able to speak English;
i Whether home is owned or rented,
i and if owned whether home is free of
j encumbrance or is mortgaged;
Persons of foreign birth will bo
asked questions concerning these ad
ditional points;
1 Year of immigration to the United
| States;
Whether naturalized, and if so the
year of naturalization;
Mother tongue or native language..
Each farmer will be asked questiur.3
! concerning the acreage and value of
; his farm; whether he owns, rents of
partly owns and partly rents and land
he farms; the value of the buildings,
i machinery and implements be ringing
to his farm; the quantity of crop's
, raised on his farm during the year
1919; and many other questions which
cover all possible farm operations.
‘ Be ready with your answers when
the census man calls at your house.
and sandwiches were served, followed held at t- be office of the plant last
by a delicious sweet course. week, at which a dividend cf 8 per
Miss Emma Gardner, of Atlanta, J c *ent was paid,
was the week-end guest of Mrs. P. H. j Officers elected were: J. T. Dun
Winn. |‘‘ a n, P
Mrs. Paul James, Misses Pearl and j of Atlanta, V. Pres.; N. M. Hawley
The committee appointed to decicL
upon the Methodist church building
SINN FEIN ATTACKED BY IRISH
PROTESTANTS
Jennie Wheat, of Atlanta, spent New j
Yeat's day with Mrs. Leila Wheat. |
Mi. and Mrs. Nesbit Harper enter- j
tained with a sj.end-the-day party I
Sunday. Their guests were: Dr. and j
Mrs. L. G. Garrett, of Austell; M:ss j
mma Gardner and Mr. Grover Cowan
of Atlanta, and Dr. and Mrs. T. R. 1
Whitley and Mr. and Mrs. Joe. Aher- !
erombie, of Douglasville.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Richardson
had as recent guests, Mrs. Alan
Humphries and Miss Fannie Hum
phries, of Anniston, Ala.
Miss Annie Winn has returned to |
Wesleyan college at Macon, after 1
spending the holidays at home.
Mrs. Luther Harbin has returned
home after a visit to her sister, Mrs. j
Tom Jennings, in Atlanta.
• The school here opened again Mon
day with its usual good attendance | (jhiengo.
and bright prospects for the coming j
term.
Our little town is having quite a ! V jRuHS
Several car loads of ice-making i |
faeturinK plant in connection with his ' tov lhv teacher, of Oou^lasviHe ^ [Tl'uiId^ new tl"u. cT u^on th "uiTun.!
and Trees., W. S. Duncan, j present business before summer. | h ‘ Rh 3cl ’°“ L 1 he r < uestlon of suitable j whe| . e nQw gtam(s the ent chu ,. 4 . h
This enterprise will fill a long felt 1 accom °dations for the teachers hasp ,
need here, and there is no doubt but ^ een vtM ^ annoying one*, and the
that it will be a profitable investment! trusfc ® es arc to be commended' for the
for the owner. ncnv arrangement which is sure to be/
The plant will have a daily capacity^- a ^ s ^ act ' 0,,v a ^*
of ten tons. I
I new ticket for councilmen
I is offered
WINTER HOLDS SWAY FIRST OF j j
THE WEEK i There is said to be a movement on
{ : Baptists Purchase
Parsonage
Secy, directors, J. T. Duncan. N. M,
Hawley, W. S. Duncan, R. L. Duncan
Will C. Duncan, and Fred M. Duncan
A deligation of distinguished church
men representinge the Protestant ! J foot to elect a council for Douglas-
churehes of Ireland, will speak from Old Boreas has held sway the sever, | ville, comprised of the following
numerous Chicago pulpits January ai days past, causing thermometers to named citizens: T. L. Varner, J. C.
building
The method of raising fun
by subscription.
The cost of the new building as de
cided upon by the committee, will be
from $20,000 to $25,00, but it is prob
able this will be changed to a larger
figure before anything definate is
done.
NEW BANK CHECK LAW
a nationwide campaign to awak- : take a decided fall, to say nothing of McCarley, J. L. (Tiles, H. M. Upsha\
en America to the evils of the Sinn unlucky individuals who undertook to L. R. Stewart, P. I). Selman, J. M.
Fein movement. Six eminent clergy-I negotiate the sleet-covered sidewalks Banks,
men and one member of parliment, on foot. I
compose the party, which is touring
the country under the auspices of the
Society for British and American
Friendship. The Moody Bible Insti
tution will be host to the visitors
during their three-day stay in
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were |
coldest, 10 to 15 degrees being (un) of- |
ficially announced as lowest tempera
ture.
MARRIED
Members of Douglasville First Bap
tist church are being called upon for
ill be donations toward paying for the par-
| sonage which was purchased some
time ago.
j A committee of the leading mem
bers of the church purchased and paid
for the Durham home some months
; ago, but the church has not raised
funds sufficient to cover the pur
chase price. This, they are doing by
| subscription, and indications are the
amount necessary will be raised by
the time all subscriptions are in, as a
committee will make a thorough can
vass of the city to insure everyone an
opportunity to help. >
The price paid for the property was
change around in real estate and I
moving. Mr. and Mrs. Sims have I
bought and moved into the Baker j
house. Mr. Sims will open a store at !
the old Baker stand. Mr. W. D. Ruth, i
For Mayor
The new bank law, which went into
effect January 1st, still further re
stricts the practice of writing checks
on banks where the person so doing
i has not sufficient funds deposited to , $4,500,
Sunday, Judge Aderhold performed cover. } Douglasville Baptists and the pas-
the ceremony uniting in marriage, | The old law, which allowed a period tor, Rev. W. M. Suttles, are to be con-
An automobile, driven by Paul I). *\liss Della Shedd and Mr. William J. j of 80 days in which to make good a gratulated upon the selection of this
Selman turned over, it is said, be- i Haney. . worthless check, has been done away beautiful home, which very befittingly
tween Douglasville and Lithia Springs ! — —— j The new law makes drawing a becomes the First Baptist church and
Tuesday night, he being forced to ' ~ | check for more than you have in the the purpose for which it will be usd.
walk the rest of the way to Douglas-; S. E. CclSSicl V * bank P**ima facie evidence of attempt | ,
ville. ' TL : to defraud, and is punishable by fine
rise in temperatur.? Wednesday OOGllS GclTciQ'G or imprisonment.
® I That section of the new law
a ] T , . ! as follows:
A garage and automobile repair
was welcome.' by all.
reads
Elsewhere in this issue will be found
erforci has bought the Hill house and the annmJnce of , Iud(fe j „ M cLarty
farm; Mr. and Mrs. Julian Adamso:*
have bought and moved into the (Ja
rett house; Mr. Emory Gore has
bought and moved into the house Mr.
Adamson vacated. Several new fami
lies have moved in to get the benefit
of our good school, while still others
are trying to find houses here.
for the office of Mayor of Douglas
ville. So far as we have been able to
ascertain, he will have no opposition.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY TO sb °P has been opened in the building 1
MEET IN ATHENS I formerly occupied by L. H. Bald
; blacksmith shop, by S. E. Cassidy,
Athens,Ga., Jan. 7.—The Georgia 1 wbo moved here recently from near
ONLY ONE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
CITY MARSHAL
So far only one candidate for mar
shal has announced. J. A. Arrington’s
EDITORS TO MEET AT QUITMAN [announcement for marshal appears in
| this issue.
The eleventh district press asso- |
ciation meets at Quitman January
19 for discussion of the various prob
lems confronting newspapers at pres
ent.
While the program will be one of
business education, attention is called
to the enviable reputation Quitman
has for hospitality, and it is expedted
that members of the association from
all over the state will respond to the
invitations sent out by Royal Daniel
end Edna Cain Daniel, of the Quitman
Free Press.
NEWTON TO EDIT INDEX
State Horticultural Society will hold j Marietta.
its semi-annual meeting in Athens on i
the 80th and 81st of January. This AMERICAN DEAD TO
meeting follows immediately after a BE BROUGHT HOME
ten days short course for general I Washington, I). C., Jan 7—A state- j
“Any person who, with intent to de
fraud, shall make or draw or utter or
h | deliver any check, draft or order for
• the payment of money upon any bank-
i er or other depository, known at the
I time of such making, drawing, utter- 1
j ing or delivering, tFiat the maker has '
not sufficient funds or credit with i
such bank or depository for the pay- j
, . , , . , , . . ment of such check, draft or order j
farmers and a larere attpndanpp c*x- ■ ment reported to have been given out; . . , ,, , i
jaimeir. anu a diw-naance is tx- I upon its presentation, shall be Kuilty
i by Secretary of War, Baker, is to the 1 ! , .
u„ l„.i: e „n a : | °f a misdemeonor. the making,
The Chistian Index, well known
Baptist publication, will be edited
by L. D. Newton, who is managing
editor "under an arrangement made
recently, when the Index was pur
chased by the state convention.
SCHOOL OPENED MONDAY
Douglasville school opened Mon
day for this year’s period. Many new
pupils have enrolled.
ected. [ b Y Secretary of War, Baker, is to the
A live and interesting program has effect that he bodies of all Americans J d ‘ ra J in “utterin^o7delivVrinK orsuc’h
been arranged, and men of national kdled m h ranee w,II be brought back j ^ ^ aforesaidi shal ,
prominence along horticultural lines ' to the United States It may be a ' b( , jma facie eviden( , e of intent to
will be on hand to discuss the various year before this can be done, but. not | defrau(1 _ The word credit> as USL , d
subjects of horticulture. j much more than a year’s time will be L _„._ _ L _„ , . .
equired,” said Secretary Baker.
OWNERS GET ROADS MARCH 1st.
MASS MEETING CALLED
The voters of Douglasville are
Washington, D. C., January 6.—No j called to meet at the court house next
action fixing an earlier date than ■ Monday night, Jan. 12, at 7 o’clock,
herein, shall be construed to mean an
arrangement or understanding with
the bank or depository for the pay
ment of such check.”
MILES-THOMAS
March 1st for the return of the rail-1 for the purpose of arranging a white
roads to their owners is expected. The
ruling in regard to the railroads also
affects the express companies, which
were consolidated July 1, 1918 under
government dircection as the Ameri
can Railway Express.
primary for nomination of city of-1 On December 28th Mr. Soloman
ficials of the town of Douglasville for j Thomas and Miss Willie Miles were
I/Th
year 1920. joined in the holy bonds of matrimony
Every voter is urged to be present. I by Rev. S. T. Gilland, at the home of
J. T. DUNCAN, Chairman j Mr. Conia Thomas. We wish them a
J. M. BANKS, Secretary \ I happy journey through life.
SUBSCRIPTION
HONOR ROLL
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
A. J. Gilland, Rt 7
S. C. Cassidy, City
D. M. Truitt, Whitesburg
J. V. Blissitt, Atlanta
Mrs. Ella Connally, Rt 6
J. V. Baggett, Rt 4
J. L. Williams, Rt 4
E. M. Huffine, City
RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
K. I. Keaton, Rt 1
Mrs. Linnie Wood, City
J. K. Daniell, Winston
B. F. Burton, City
F. M. Stewart, City
J. A. Stewart, Joppa, AI&.
N. D. Burton, City
E, E. Pope, Winston
C. F. Selman, City
Mrs. J. L. Selman, City
P. D. Selman, City w
J. M. Selman, Atlanta
Jamie Selman, Atlanta
J. L. Giles, City
Giles Bros., Villa Rica
E. Henderson, Winston
Mrs. Pearl Moody, Minola, Twc